Northern Rangers v Kingborough (NPL)

Football is a funny game, Kingborough Lions snatched one on the break and defended for their lives. Northern Rangers again miss a penalty which Lino Scuilli must be getting frustrated about. That was the difference today… the lions took their chance and the Rangers, however, didn’t. Full Match write up to come.

Full time: Northern Rangers 0 Kingborough Lions 1

90+1 Benny fires over from 15 yards over.

89′ Kingborough nearly add a second to their tally… Cowen heads just over at the near post.

5 minutes to go, its tense and players tempers are flaring. Lino Scuilli is using choice words to tell Nick La to calm down and stop the back chat. This is why football is the best game in the world.

There’s a Kingborough Lions player down outside the pitch … he was celebrating and injured himself. I don’t know his number as he has no shirt on.

GOAL TIME!!! Nearly Headless Ben (I think it was him) beats Marshall at his front post. He was played in down the left and fired across into the post and it rolls into the net.

The lions starting to put the Rangers on the back foot here and looking the likelier to score.

74′ Foul to the lions, Zac Cross again guilty of taking man first then thinking about the ball later.

14′ Alex Fulton guilty of over playing it that the back, Benny should have punished the rangers here, Corner to come in.

13′ Nick La fires one off at the Kingborough goal, Nothing comes of it.

Interesting to note that Benjamin Kovadio is playing. Earlier reports said that he was due to go back to the mainland, but he’s here in the flesh and playing as well as Gabrial dresses, GOOD !.

4′ Foul for the Rangers. Mitchell Jones steps up to take but flashes his effort wide, that was a real chance.

3′ Kingborough with some neat work down the right results in Marshall Pooley making a great double save. should be 0-1.

2′ Rangers foul Kingboroughs no 4. sorry I will get names.

‘1 Thannhauser shoots, it’s very wide and it’s almost a throw in.

Kick Off here at the NTCA

Northern Rangers Team Sheet:

Kingborough Lions Team Sheet:

Mitch Dent bringing you this Saturday afternoon battle between the fifth-place Northern Rangers and the seventh place Kingborough Lions. If previous weeks are anything to go by the Northerners must go in as favourites, despite a shock loss to Nelson in the Laka Cup last weekend. The lions, on the other hand, have been nothing short of disappointing this year receiving a few absolute drummings. The enigmatic Gabrial Markaj made big noise pre-season with his club bringing in a host of imports to the club and implanting a pretty heavy training schedule. It will be interesting to see how Markaj approaches this, does he put 10 behind the ball like he did against the knights or does he continue his gung-ho approach? I’ll endeavour to do my best to keep you updated, should be a cracker!

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